Jesus entered a certain village (we find out later it was Bethany), and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house.

Martha had a sister called Mary, who sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving.

Martha: Lord, don’t You care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me.

Jesus: Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.

We hear of them two other times.

In John 11, their brother Lazarus died, and Jesus raised him from the dead.

In John 12, Jesus was at a supper a day or two before he was crucified (Matthew 26:2). Martha was again serving, and Lazarus was at the table with Jesus. Mary was again at the feet of Jesus. She anointed his feet with an expensive fragrant ointment and wiped them with her hair. Jesus said she did this to prepare his body for burial.

At the end of Genesis, Joseph brought his father, brothers and their families to Egypt because of the famine. Joseph was about 40 years old at that time, and he lived to be 110 (Genesis 50:26). But then years passed and Joseph was forgotten, and the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves.

After 400 years of slavery (Genesis 15:13), God provided a deliverer. Moses spent 40 years in the palace of pharaoh (Acts 7:23) and 40 years as a shepherd in Midian (Acts 7:30). Then God spoke to him from a burning bush and sent him to Egypt to free the Israelites from slavery (Exodus 3-4).

Moses is a picture of Christ. Moses delivered the people from physical bondage in Egypt, and Christ delivers us from the spiritual bondage of sin.

The law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (John 1:17)

If you want to read more about Moses and Jesus, here are a few passages.

A new covenant in Christ (2 Corinthians 3:7-18)

Jesus is greater than Moses (Hebrews 3:1-6)

Salvation through faith in Christ, not through obeying the law (Romans 3:1-11)

Six days before the passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. (John 12:1 )

They made a supper for Jesus, and many came. Lazarus sat with Jesus, Martha served and Mary anointed his feet with expensive, fragrant oil and wiped them with her hair. Jesus said she did this for his burial. (John 12:2-8)

Jesus entered Jerusalem on the next day (John 12:12)

That’s what is called the “triumphant entry.” You know the scene: Jesus on the donkey and the people cheering and putting garments and palm branches down in his path. Shouts of Hosanna.

That evening Jesus …went out of the city (Jerusalem) into Bethany; and he lodged there. (Matt 21:17)

Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: (A furlong is 1/8 of a mile, so less than 2 miles from Jerusalem) John 11:18

And Jesus taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him. (Luke 19:47-48)

….on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel… (Luke 20:1) Wow I never noticed that, he preached the gospel.

Then Jesus ate the Passover supper with his disciples (Matthew 26:17-30), and Judas left to betray Jesus (John 13:21-30). He knew Jesus planned to go to the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives (John 18:1-2). It was there that Jesus prayed (Matthew 26:36-46). It was there that Jesus was arrested (Matthew 26:47-56). His hurried trial took place during the night and early morning. And he was crucified that day.

He began his ministry after the Passover where he cleansed the temple. (John 2:13)

Beginning of 2nd year of ministry-The disciples ate grain as they walked through the grain field, and the Pharisees accused them of working on the Sabbath. This occurred just after a Passover. The Passover isn’t mentioned but it says “Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first…” (Luke 6:1) This was the way the sabbaths were counted from Passover to the Feast of Weeks.

Beginning of 3rd yr of ministry, Jesus fed the 5,000 and the Passover was near. (John 6:4)

His third year of ministry ended on the Passover when he was crucified.